CT5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whitstable, Lower Island and Thurston Park, in Canterbury.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CT5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CT5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CT5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT5 at a rate of 82.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 222 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (864), shoplifting (491) and anti-social behaviour (480).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT5 was 83.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CT5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT5 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury 004A | 1,451 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.4% |
| Canterbury 005A | 1,907 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 56.2% |
| Canterbury 005B | 1,775 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.3% |
| Canterbury 005C | 1,606 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Canterbury 005D | 1,736 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.1% |
| Canterbury 005E | 1,413 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Canterbury 007A | 1,582 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.2% |
| Canterbury 007B | 1,480 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.8% |
| Canterbury 007C | 1,592 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Canterbury 007D | 1,669 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.9% |
| Canterbury 007E | 1,485 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.0% |
| Canterbury 008A | 1,499 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% |
| Canterbury 008B | 1,226 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.0% |
| Canterbury 008C | 1,249 | 395.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Canterbury 008D | 1,093 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| Canterbury 008E | 1,570 | 174.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.5% |
| Canterbury 009A | 2,189 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| Canterbury 009B | 1,526 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.7% |
| Canterbury 009C | 1,457 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.4% |
| Canterbury 009D | 1,198 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 63.7% |
| Canterbury 009E | 2,362 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.3% |
Your MP
- Rosie DuffieldIndependentMP for Canterbury
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CT54
Postcode sectors in CT55
Council1
Towns in CT51
Postcode districts next to CT53
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CT postcode area2
CT5 in brief
CT5 is a postcode district covering Whitstable, Lower Island and Thurston Park, in Canterbury.
About 32,812 people lived in CT5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £395,000 in 2025 across 541 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT5 was £395,000 in 2025.
CT5 had 33,054 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CT5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CT5, 82.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.